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molt |
6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, v. t. To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like to shed. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, n. The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Molt \Molt\, obs. imp. of {Melt}. --Chaucer. --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Molt \Molt\, Moult \Moult\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Molted} or {Moulted}; p. pr & vb n. {Molting} or {Moulting}.] [OE. mouten, L. mutare. See {Mew} to molt, and cf {Mute}, v. t.] [The prevalent spelling is perhaps, {moult}; but as the {u} has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as bolt, colt, dolt, etc., it is desirable to complete the analogy by the spelling {molt}.] To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like as an animal or a bird. --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: molt n : periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles [syn: {molting}, {moult}, {moulting}, {ecdysis}] v : cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; of animals [syn: {shed}, {exuviate}, {moult}, {slough}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Molt, MT Zip code(s): 59057
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